Import of welded pipes and tubing of alloy steel except stainless steel to Antigua and Barbuda declines in 2016

Annual

1999 to
2016

Kilogram

Metal products import dropped strongly by 98.76 percent compared to the same time an year ago, according to numbers released by United Nations Statistical Office. Metal products import sharply declined from 21 869 kilogram in 2015 to 272 kilogram prior year, in contrast to the previous year when it increased by 21 132.04 percent. Antigua and Barbuda saw a rise of 1 500% in metal products import over the past 18 years. Though, it has attained a negative compound average annual growth rate of 0.31 percent over the last 5 years with a marginal overall growth since the start of observations. It averaged 2 158.94 kilogram from 1999 to 2016 and it hit its all-time high of 21 869 kilogram in 2015 and record low of 17 kilogram in 1999.